"Over 12,500 private firms in UAE found violating laws during 688,000 ministry inspections in 2024,"

The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (Mohre) has confirmed that the number of inspection visits to private companies reached 668,000 during 2024.

12,509 establishments were found to be violating labour, health and occupational safety requirements.

Furthermore, 20 violations practicing recruitment activity without a license since the beginning of 2024, until November were monitored.

According to Mohre, a total of 29,000 fines have been imposed on private sector establishments for violations of labour legislation since the beginning of last year.

These violations encompass the imposition of recruitment fees on workers, the practice of recruiting workers without the requisite licence, the closure of companies without resolving the status of their workers, the failure to pay wages within the wage protection system, the provision of inaccurate data, the failure to comply with labour housing standards, the non-compliance with the mid-day break rules, the failure to report work injuries, and violations and circumvention of Emiratisation decisions.

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